Fact Check: Is Texas Using Helicopters to De-Ice Frozen Wind Turbines?
Feb 16, 2021 · Before long, opponents of green energy alternatives were pointing to the region's wind turbines as the culprit, and a viral photo began to circulate along with claims that Texas is using...
Photo does not show a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine in Texas
Feb 17, 2021 · The photo is from 2015 and shows a helicopter de-icing a frozen wind turbine in Sweden with hot water, not chemicals. THE FACTS: As subfreezing temperatures swept the U.S., false claims circulated on social media blaming frozen wind turbines for widespread power outages in Texas.
Texas wind turbines: Helicopters didn't de-ice them after power …
Feb 26, 2021 · After a rare blast of Arctic air hit Texas, Fox News hosts repeatedly claimed that frozen wind turbines were solely or mostly to blame for the power outages around the state.
Viral photo of a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine is from …
Feb 17, 2021 · CLAIM: Helicopters are using chemicals made from fossil fuels to defrost wind turbines; frosted wind turbines are responsible for blackouts in Texas; “the reason your power is/was out is wind energy's fault.”
Photo shows helicopter de-icing wind turbine in Sweden, not Texas
Feb 19, 2021 · Claims that an image shows a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine in the state of Texas have circulated online as a winter storm left millions of people without power in the southern United...
Did a Helicopter Use Petroleum-Based Chemicals to De-Ice a Texas …
Feb 18, 2021 · A viral image purportedly shows a wind turbine in Texas frozen by recent winter storms being sprayed with a fossil-fuel-based chemical.
Did helicopters spray oil on frozen Texas wind turbines?
Feb 24, 2021 · Fox Nation host Lara Logan provided no evidence that frozen wind turbines in Texas were being sprayed with oil by helicopters. RWE Renewables Americas, which operates several wind farms in...
No, Frozen Wind Turbines Did Not Cause the Texas Blackouts - VICE
Feb 17, 2021 · On Sunday night as a massive winter storm hit Texas, Luke Legate, a publicist for the fossil fuel industry, tweeted a picture of a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine blade.
Fact check: Image of helicopter de-icing a wind turbine comes …
Amid a deep freeze in Texas that has wreaked havoc on the U.S. energy sector, posts on social media claim to show a recent picture of “a helicopter, using fossil fuels, spraying de-icer, made...
Was a Helicopter Photographed De-icing a Frozen Wind Turbine …
Feb 18, 2021 · Right-wing social media users tried to circulate an image showing a helicopter de-icing a frozen wind turbine, insinuating it was captured in Texas amid the winter storm.